Ehehehe...long time no see. Finally getting around to updating this thing. No LittleKatreina, I haven't given up on this story but I have misplaced the notebook it is in. *Sweatdrops* Yeah...so thanks to LittleKatreina, Himawari-no-Ichizoku, and especially akuma-chan25300 who reviewed every chapter. :) Also a thanks to those who favorited, watched, etc this story. Now, I hope this won't dissapoint (Since I had to write half of it over again from scratch...).

Disclaimer: icdeadppl doesn't own Bleach or Shugo Chara or any other aspects but she does own the plot to this story and some OC's.

Chapter 3 Hell Week Day 2

Karin stared up at the ceiling as she laid on her bed, contemplating the events that happened yesterday. "Nope! Were Guardian chara's!" "Don't worry. Its normal. You get used to it after about the fourth or fifth time.""What exactly is a Guardian Chara?" She sighed, closing her eyes. It wasn't bad for a first day and maybe it would be interesting. Still…Karin reopened her eyes and picked up her cell phone. She had three missed calls, two from Ichigo and one from Dad, and one text from Jinta that read: "Don't worry. Nothing's going on." BS was all she had to say on that matter.

"Karin-chan! Breakfast!" came Yuzu's voice from downstairs.

"Coming Yuzu!" she answered, sitting up then getting up. As she slipped her phone into her jacket pocket, the rest of the conversation with the chara's came to mind.

"You see Guardian Chara's are people's dreams-The person inside of them that they hope to create one day." Said Kiseki, waving his index finger back and forth with a big dramatic fair.

"He means that were the person they want to be and can be one day." Chimed in Temari when she saw Karin's blank face.

"Yeah! That's why we're all different! Everyone's dreams are all different in their own ways!" cheered Ran, her pom poms waving up in the air.

"AHEM! As I was saying, we the guardian chara's, are born from eggs-"

"Eggs?" asked Karin, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes, eggs. When a strong hearted person wishes with all of their heart to become the person inside them, we are born."

"Ah. Then why doesn't everyone have them."

"Simple. A lot of times a person's egg stays safe inside of them without needing to come out but sometimes they become X-eggs."

"X?"

"It's when a person breaks their heart eggs and give up on their dreams." Said Daichi, crossing his arms. All of the chara's looked sullen and sad.

"Why would they do that?"

"They feel as if they can't do anything, they feel useless. Then it-" Daichi was interrupted by Pepe making a crashing noise. "-breaks. You see, dreams are fragile and easily broken." Kiseki shot Daichi an annoyed look but nodded.

"Even though this conversation is truly charming we need to get back before dark." He said, staring up at the sky.

"Oh right. It is getting late-desu." Said Suu.

Karin flinched as she closed the door to the bedroom. Heart eggs, Guardian Chara's, X eggs, just what had she gotten herself into? Walking down the hall and stairs, Karin finally sat down at the table, noticing that Kiyone-obasan was laying on the couch in a crumpled mess. "Are you really sure you're related to my mom and not my dad? A hangover, really?" she questioned, tossing the ice pack that was on the table at said Aunt. It was a direct hit, smacking straight into the ladies head, causing her to startle awake and fall comedicly off of the couch. Yuzu chose that moment to walk in carrying a plate of toast and eggs.

"Oh! Kiyo-obasan! Your awake!" she chimed, setting the plate down on the table before walking over to the couch. Kiyone looked up from the floor and glared at Karin, rubbing her sore head.

"Yeah a little hell-bent raven woke me up." She practically growled as Karin smirked as she took a bite of toast. Yuzu walked over to the door, pulling on her jacket and reaching for her bag hanging by the coat rack.

"Where are you going Yuzu?" asked Karin after swallowing the toast bite.

"To school early. I need to discuss something with my teacher. Bye Karin-chan!" She slung the bag over her shoulder and was out the door in moments. Karin stared at the door for a couple of moments afterword's. Ever since the two had entered into sixth grade, Yuzu had been…different; more cheerful, spending more times out, and more friends over at their home. Sometimes it felt like she didn't even need her anymore. That only was making her heartache. Karin stood up abruptly, leaving the half eaten toast on the plate as she pulled on her jacket that was stretched on the back of the chair.

"I'll head out too." Aunt Kiyo jerked her head off the pillow she had just laid back on.

"Neh? You're leaving me too Rin-cha~~~~n?" she whined, pouting. Karin paused, turning to glare at Kiyone as she lifted her bag.

"Don't. Call. Me. Rin." She practically hissed before turning on her heel and slamming it closed. Kiyone sighed as she sat up, the ice pack still resting on her head.

"She hasn't ever liked being called that since you died, eh Masaki-chan!" she whispered gazing at the photo on the wall with a beautiful woman with golden-copper hair with a dark haired husband and three grinning children by her.

Karin sighed as she walked down the street, clutching her bag so tightly her knuckles turned pale white. "I probably shouldn't have said that. Man…I can't do anything right…" she whispered, kicking a can into a wall as she passed by. Out of the corner of her eye, Karin saw a flash of movement and fully looked to her side to see Kukai and Daichi stepping out of a house, Kukai stuffing a piece of toast into his mouth as he yelled something back into the house. Daichi caught her eye and grinned as Karin made a shushing motion with her finger. She didn't want Kukai to know she could see Chara's just yet. He shut the door in the face of what was probably his older brother making faces at him and finally saw her. "Hey, Kurosaki-san!" he shouted before running over, just as Karin began walking down the sidewalk again. Karin didn't stop as she came to a cross section in the road, pausing briefly to check before crossing. Kukai finally caught up on the other side, a bit out of breath.

"Hello Souma-san." Karin said, still walking as Kukai tried to regain his breath.

"Jeez Kurosaki-san! No pity for the person who ran to catch up to you?" grumbled Kukai, who kept pace with her remarkably well. Yuzu loved to complain on how fast Karin walked on a regular basis.

"Sorry Souma-san." He grinned slightly as Daichi moved to rest on his head comfortably.

"You don't have to call me Souma-san you know. Kukai-kun works fine." Karin shrugged.

"Alright Kukai-san." He sighed.

"You're really stubborn you know." Karin let a small smirk cross her face before quickly hiding it again. It didn't go unnoticed by the ginger beside her.

"There! A smile-or half of one at least!"

"I did not smile."

"Did too."

"Did not." Daichi started to chuckle from the two's argument.

" Did too!"

"Did not!"

"Ah a lovely start to a great relationship~!" chimed Daichi, full out laughing.

"You walked to school with Kurosaki-Karin?" shouted Yaya, slamming her hands down on the table. It was lunchtime and Kukai had been waiting for that one bell all day.

"Yes I did but that's not the point. She-"

"So do you like her? I mean she's really pretty and all but seems a bit of a tomboy to me!" continued Yaya, undeterred.

"Yaya-chan, let Kukai-kun finish. He can tell us about his crush on Kurosaki Karin later." Said Nadeshiko causing a tick mark to develop on Kukai's head. He did NOT have a crush on Kurosaki Karin.

"Her heart was darker than yesterday, like something brought her down."

"Do you think it'll put an X on itself?" asked Tadase, concern in his eyes.

"Maybe. If whatever is putting X's on the other eggs doesn't do so first."

"Speaking of Kurosaki's," started Tadase, shuffling some papers. "A lot of Kurosaki's past is relatively normal but…"

"But what?" asked Amu and Yaya at the same time.

"Her mother was supposedly murdered when she was four." Everyone was silent, a gloomy mood filling the room.

"Do you…think she remembers it?"

"It was her Mom Amu, don't you think you would remember it even though you were little?"

"I bet that's when her egg went dark. Losing one of your parents…" whispered Nadeshiko, shaking her head. Tadase shook his head.

"Still, what's making it darker is what's worrying me." Everyone grew silent again and the chara's chose this moment to slip off and float apart for a bit.

"We have to help Karin-chan-desu!" whispered Su, trying to keep her voice down.

"But what can we do?" asked Pepe, sulking.

"We'll try and talk to her again today. Daichi!" Kiseki pointed at Daichi.

"Yeah?"
"You need to find her and talk to her. She's in Kukai's class so it shouldn't be so hard."

"Uh okay." Daichi shrugged as he responded.

"Hey what are you guys talking about?" yelled Yaya from the table, the other guardian's also turning to watch.

" Kiseki's wondering if Karin's egg will be targeted by whoever is changing the eggs to X's." said Miki, thinking quickly on her feet.

"That is a large concern…" said Tadase, eyebrows furrowing worriedly.

"I can keep an eye on her at school and she walks by my house to get home too." Amu smirked.

"Just ask her out Kukai." In response he threw a piece of chicken at her that hit her cheek. The rest of the lunch went by normally, with everyone eating and discussing the day.

Karin winced as she stepped out into the bright with the rest of her class for PE. The girls were giggling about the boys and the guys were just laughing and tossing balls around. Kids would be kids, no matter the school or nation. "Hey! Kukai!" shouted a boy, tossing a soccer ball as said person stepped outside. He caught the ball with ease and grinned at his teammate.

"Yeah! Souma-sama! How handsome he looks today! Between him and the prince!" squealed some of the girls quietly, sighing in awe and admiration. Fangirls also known as psycho's who need to be in the nuthouse who always seem to pop up around Karin, much to her annoyance.

"Great, a fan club." She grumbled as another girl giggled from beside her. Karin finally sat down with the rest of the girls as the boys separated to play soccer, which was way better than waiting to start a jog around the track. A whistle blew from their teacher which quieted most of the class down.

"Alright! The fifth graders will be joining you sixth graders today so behave!" said Ashoki-sensei. It still didn't fit!

"Great…" thought Karin, scowling at the sight of the approaching girls, most acting a lot like the one's around her. A person tapped at her shoulder and she turned to see a pretty dark purple haired girl smiling at her with a bubble gum pink haired girl next to her.

"Is anyone sitting here?" the girl asked, motioning to the empty area right by Karin.

"Oh! Uh no. Feel free to sit." The two nodded and sat down, smiling at her as the purple haired one stuck her hand out at her.

"I'm Nadeshiko Fujisaki and this is my friend Amu Hinamori." Karin shook Nadeshiko's outstretched hand before replying as Amu shrugged. That's when she recognized the names of two of the guardians.

"Oh you guys are-"

"Guardians. I'm the Queen seat and-"

"I still don't like being referred to as the Joker seat." Grumbled Amu, obviously bringing up a old argument.

"Ah, I'm-" She was interrupted by Nadeshiko.

"Kurosaki Karin. We know a bit about you. Rumors and all." Karin raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything more. Out of the corner of her eyes, she watched Ran, Miki, and Suu all crowd around Amu who was trying to ignore them as Temari rested on Nadeshiko's shoulder.

"But of course, I'm out of the loop so where are you from?" asked Amu, Ran giggling by her ear.

"Karakura."

"Wow! Really? I've always heard it's a pretty place with the river and all. So why did you move here?"

"It's only a temporary move, my Dad's at a convention in the states and my brothers on a-a field trip or something so we came to stay with our Aunt Kiyone for a while."

"Oh? Well welcome to Seiyo anyway." Karin tried to smile but it felt so fake. She wanted to go home.

"Hey! Fujisaki! Hinamori! Kurosaki! Get started on those laps!" yelled the teacher, morphing behind them to blow his whistle right in their ears, causing the guardian chara's to fall off of the girls and Amu to yelp in fear.

"Yes sir!" She hadn't even noticed that nearly everyone had started on the laps as she jumped up and began running. Within moments, she was farther ahead than the two friendly guardian girls and keeping a steady pace with those the school called 'track stars'. Karin watched the soccer game and let a smile fold onto her face. Of course, it was gone at the words she overheard from some girls just behind her.

"Look at her! Isn't she weird?" whispered a girl, darting glances at Karin. The other girls she were talking to nodded.

"Yeah why would Fujisaki-san and Hinamori-san want to waste their time talking to her? She isn't very friendly."

"Totally! And ugly too. Does she think that hairstyle is cute? No way!" The three girls began laughing and she felt sick to her stomach. Suddenly something clouded her vision and an ominous feeling overwhelmed Karin. She felt like she was going to pass out, as if her own heart and soul were being torn out of her.

"Stop!" she screamed in her mind as she couldn't find the air to say it out loud. As quickly as it came, the feeling stopped and disappeared. Karin gasped and realized that she had slowed down immensely that Amu and Nadeshiko had caught up to her, sporting worried looks. Even Kukai was looking up from the game at her, an equal look of worriment on his face.

"Are you alright?" asked Nadeshiko, laying a hand on her shoulder. Karin wasn't, she was shaking and felt sick to her stomach but she wouldn't admit that to the girl. BS time.

"I'm fine." Her face was emotionless, although her breaths were still a bit gaspy. Karin began running again, a bit fast to get away from the two. If she had bothered to look back Karin would have seen Amu and Nadeshiko share a look before turning to look at Kukai who gave a small nod in the silent conversation.

At the same time, Sensei Nikaido stared out the window of his classroom at the classes, particularly at what happened between the guardians and new girl, Karin Kurosaki. "Quite a stubborn heart." He muttered, at the same time an eerily familiar but still creepy grin rested on his face. "Looks like it'll just have to be broken now, won't it."

This feels like a filler but it's not. We know Karin's stalker, saw her heart egg almost turn X, and she's met more of the guardians. Those girls that made Karin sad are just jealous as they want to be good friends with the guardians. As if they will with attitudes like that! Anywho, review, fav, and whatever you guys do when you press the button below.